December 22, 2023
QUOTE
Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways, and you’re not in charge of it.
--Samuel L. Jackson
BIRTHDAYS
1795 – Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder
1911 – Josh Gibson, Baseball player
1915 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer
1940 – Frank Zappa, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, Actor and producer
1954 – Chris Evert, Tennis player and coach
IN MEMORY
AD 72 – Thomas the Apostle, Roman martyr and saint
1536 – John Seymour, English courtier
1940 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, Novelist and short story writer
1945 – George S. Patton, General
IN ON THIS DAY
1620 – William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1861 – Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
1872 – HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
1936 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world’s first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
1970 – First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.